snuck
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of snuck
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(Canada, US, form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of sneak
“I snuck into the theatre because the movie had already started.”
“She thought she had snuck in without being observed ...until she felt a hand on her shoulder!”
“Ruth asks, "You give your wife the car?" "There was nobody there. I snuck in and out. I left the key inside." "And nobody caught you?"”
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Etymology
The irregular form snuck originated by analogy with struck for the past of strike, stuck for the past of stick, etc. Snuck was originally limited to a few dialects, but…
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The irregular form snuck originated by analogy with struck for the past of strike, stuck for the past of stick, etc. Snuck was originally limited to a few dialects, but is now very widespread (especially in American English) and is recognized by most dictionaries. The word is now one of the best examples of irregularization of a regular verb, along with dove.
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